Expedition

So you're planning to go on a Geohashing expedition, or you've just returned from one. Congratulations! Here is a semi-standard way to create a wiki page telling the rest of the geohashing community about your expedition. The usual steps are these, and they can be done in any order:

• Create a link to the expedition page
• Edit the expedition page contents (story, gallery, categories)
• Upload your photos

More specific information below...

Creating and Linking the expedition page

Creating any expedition page is as simple as creating the link, then clicking it to edit the page. Two good places to start are your own user page, or the page for the graticule. If no graticule page exists, feel free to create one.

Expedition pages are usually named in the following manner:

• 2005-05-26 37 -122 - Date (hyphenated), followed by the graticule latitude and longitude.

Another good location to link to the page is from the main page Gallery of Recent Expeditions or the Hall of Amazingness.

Katelynn, and I are eating Nuttty Bars. Thay are so delicious. :D

Uploading photos

Image filename can be whatever you like, as long as it isn't already on the system. That said, we will run out of space for images with names like Raptor and Big Tree pretty soon. I prefer to create an image filename based on the date and graticule. See above for examples.

Images should be 150k or less. This can be done by cropping, resizing the image, or reducing the save quality of a JPG image. Consider the contents of the image to make your decision - if you are showing GPS readings, you want to make sure the result is readable!

Once the downsized pictures are ready to be posted on the wiki, click [[Special:Upload|Upload file] under toolbox in the left side menu bar. Click the Browse button and you can navigate your directories to find the file.

Finally, uploaded images can have a description (where you can optionally credit the photographer) and should have a pair of categories. These same categories will be automatically added to your expedition page (courtesy of the meetup graticule template) and help to connect your pictures to your page, graticule, and date. Type these into the Summary box before clicking Upload file.

[[Category:Meetup on 2008-07-26]]
[[Category:Meetup in 47 -122]]

These can be copied once, then pasted onto each photo as uploaded. They can also be added later, if you wish.